Phantom Phunday is upon us again, and once again DT saves it :D

Great to see the young guy getting involved. The skills you teach that young man will stick with him and in the end the things he learns will save him $$$$$$ over his life by being able to diagnose and fix things as he makes his life. The real life experience if far better than any thing you can learn from a X-box or KZread.

Dirty, grimey and unglamorous job. But it's got to be done, and done right. Good job on fishing that huge anvil of a starter out of there ! P.S. I've sometimes used a short stout (4x4) piece of wood, placed on top of a thinner (2x4) longer piece that's used as a leaver. Might come in handy when aliigning the studs and threading on the first bolt. If you can find somewhere secure to attach, a rarchet strap from the top to help guide it in. Please look after your back !

Grea to see the extra help in the shop!

Bendex is done or so it seems. Thanks for sharing.

Nice video as always. Looking forward to the gear strut completion and gear swing video.

I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for a great job.

Oh... won't have enough time today you say? Ok... thanks for the heads up. Will catch you later. And p.s. You RoCk Bye.

First time I replaced a starter in my old Ford, it had this problem, a broken Bendix spring!

Would you ask Charlie to look at the intercom and see if he will run the wires to the ICS plug in the Lt WW. The excuse I got when they put the new equipment in was the seat was in. That problem has been eliminated with the seat out. Also, I think Charlie has a hand drawn schematic that shows the hook up.

If possible, rotate the engine by hand via the crank hub and check the flywheel teeth

@trespire

3 ай бұрын

Good idea. A good session of magnet fishing is called for.

@DieselThunderAviation

3 ай бұрын

Great idea, we were thinking the same! Sadly, I don’t think this engine has the ability to use a turning tool, so we’re going to have to use the front pulley.

it's called a sprague unit. it's like a one way clutch over running clutch.....

@DieselThunderAviation

3 ай бұрын

Kind of what it looks like. Be interesting to see what it looks like when it’s fixed.

@pauldietrich6790

3 ай бұрын

@@DieselThunderAviation Lot nicer than that one there...hee hee

Replace that old HEAVY Delco-Remy starter with a reduction gear unit. Less than half the weight & way stronger faster cranking. And doesn't use as much juice either.

@DieselThunderAviation

3 ай бұрын

This was OEM on this engine (a Perkins). We’ll look at see what’s available. Now that you mention it, I bet that is what was on my Cummins. That starter was a lot smaller on an engine that’s a bit larger than this Perkins.

What got you interested in knowing how things work and fixing things ?

@DieselThunderAviation

3 ай бұрын

Was always interested in stuff like this since I was young, learned as much as I could (and still learning), and tinkered a lot. Being an Electronics Tech in the Coast Guard gave me a solid foundation on the electrical stuff. Certainly has held my interest over the years!